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‘ ` is to discove1· the element, invent the machine, write the poem or sing the
melody? lf it were possible to equalize the wealth of the land, would tlns
e equalize the desires for the luxury and power which wealth brings, and the
spirit to obtain them? If it were po sible to mingle the classes. would not
he spirit of cast still remain? As long as there are differences in men’s
·‘ tnvironment, there will be classes. As long as there are both the strong _
end the weak, one class will develop at the subjection anu sacrifice of the
V other class. You cannot eliminate from the industrial world the law of ·
”· , u supply and demand. You cannot unteach men’s minds that in unity there
V is more strength and greater possibilities for good or for evil. The law of l
l the fittest to survive is as fixed as the law of gravitation; and all legisla-  
_ ° ,_ tion, all thought, all endeavors to solve the problem must recognize these i
laws. -
There is nothing the matter with the systems themselves. If any change ll
give us at factory with cheaper prices, better products, more utilization of  
inan's genius. The wrong is that they are being operated for individual I
interests, The problem is to have them operated for the highest develop- p 
meuis of each, and for the good of all. The problem needs moreof human ,g
_ , kindness to soften the harsh law of the iittiest to survive. It needs more   -
of the wasting strength of organization turned to feed and freehumanity.  
lt needs. in a word, less of self and more of love for fellow-man. ,  
As long as there is ignorance, as long as greed operates the industries
as long as we license vice, as long as we place men in our legislative halls
who will p1·ice their souls and and sell the people they represent to bethe
victims of greed, so long will the industrial inequalities be hard to V sore
. and there will remain misery and want in lands of plenty, and the dark
‘ clouds of ignorance still will hang around the horizon of learning sky in
the very presence of sunlight and truth. _ ' V p
This, as we recall with pleasure the victories of the past and realizewith
delight the marvelous progress of our civilization, is the question to. istudy
forit concerns the destiny of our glorious republic. I repeat that war can ~
not solve it, for its solution must eliminate from the heart of man all anger
and strife. It is the thought for the philosopher, it is the theme for the
pen; it is the question for the deliberation of patriotic statesmen, and the
work for the pulpit and the school-room. It concerns the destiny oljour
republic as does no other problem. The pesimist tells us that it threatens
to destroy it. But when we see before us our grand achievements, and
` " realize the unparalleled progress of the age's thought: when we see
all around us the uplifting elements of our Christian civilazation; uni-
versal education, making knowledge the birthright of the people; the
l _ press and voice teaching and telling the established truths of religion
` ‘ and science to all; society claiming moral culture for its standard; and ’;
above all, the political equality of the people; when we recognize that -,  ·
our censtitution has been written from experiences of the past; that i `
the principles of our government have been shaped and purged by `
sword and flame, we believe that the grand old republic is a success, will , '
stand, will dedicate its industries to liberty, and triumph iu its mission , -
of freedom. ·'  j
The curtain ig soon to close on a glorious scene in the drama of time, ·.  
‘ and the century of beginnus soon will be history. History, not only to be ,_  
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